Tharon Green/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Prime Day is coming back… in June! Early rumors from Bloomberg reports indicated that Amazon would shift its deal event up to June from its traditional July slot, and in early May, Amazon confirmed that Prime Day will indeed return in June, though it did not confirm any…
Artie Beaty/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways You can customize your Android Auto through developer mode. This mode is usually for developers and app creators. It’s easy to access, and you can make significant improvements. For most users, Android Auto is simply an easy way to handle…
Bose Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar pros and cons Pros Excellent design Great app support Google Cast built-in Cons Slightly overpriced Uncontrolled bass at loud volume Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Bose has been in the home theater game for a long time, though its modern product catalog favors innovation and updates in its…
David Gewirtz / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Claude’s SMB tools include 31 skills. The contract review skill is the standout. Connectors are useful, but permissions are a concern. This week, Anthropic announced Claude for Small Business, a library of small business-related connectors and skills for…
ArXiv, a widely used open repository for preprint research, is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers. Although papers are posted to the site before they are peer-reviewed, arXiv (pronounced “archive”) has become one of the main ways that research circulates in fields like computer science…
The vibes around the current AI boom aren’t great, even in the tech industry, according to a lengthy social media post from Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das. Das described San Francisco as “pretty frenetic right now,” as “the divide in outcomes is the worst I’ve ever seen.” Using a “back of the envelope AI calculation,”…
AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic. The company, which officially exited stealth last year, is an agentic operating system for marketers. It told TechCrunch that it uses autonomous AI agents to help…
Jada Jones and Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Sonos has cemented itself as the king of multiroom audio, but more companies are joining in on the trend, some offering features that Sonos doesn’t. Also: Forget the soundbar: How I upgraded my TV audio with spare Bluetooth speakers Bose…
OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman is officially taking the reins of the company’s product strategy, according to Wired. This seems to solidify an already-existing change, with Brockman overseeing OpenAI’s products on an interim basis while the company’s CEO of AGI deployment Fidji Simo is out on medical leave. Wired also reports that in a…
Working from home has its own perils. Pets can be demanding, your back aches from hours at a desk, or you simply forget to move. There are a few apps that nudge you to move around or indicate that you’re not sitting in an ideal position, but they’re easy to dismiss. I’ve spent the better…